jcalberto

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Location: Austin, TexasWebsite:

I originally from south texas but moved to central texas right after high school to attend college at Texas A&M. Graduated in 2000 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and since then have lived in Austin, Tx. Wood has always been part of my life. My grandfather was a woodworker and all of my uncles are either house builders or cabinet makers. So woodworking is a hobby that naturally came to me. I really got into woodworking and furniture building once I graduated from college since I know had a job and could afford to buy my own woodworking tools. I started by buying used tools off Craigslist and over the years I have slowly sold some of these tools and upgraded to better ones. My shop is my 2 car garage which started as a true car garage but one that no longer does since my wood hobby has completely taken over (wife has accepted this change =) ). Its size is small I think (18'x20') but so far I been able to arrange and setup all my tools in a way that still allows me to move around easily (will soon post some pictures of it). My current list of tools include: